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Bob Santelli visits music museum in Hazlehurst

Bob Santelli recently visited the Mississippi Music Museum in Hazlehurst. He built and directed the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles and the Grammy Museum Mississippi in Cleveland. Santelli is one of the most respected music experts in the world. He liked what he saw and said, “I am coming back to this museum with my…

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Chautauqua Garden Club annual plant sale May 1

Chautauqua Garden Club will hold its annual plant sale in conjunction with the farmers market in downtown Crystal Springs on Saturday, May 1. The club will be set up at the gazebo on West Railroad Avenue beginning at 9 a.m. A variety of bulbs, plants, and trees from club members’ own yards will be available…

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Local students selected for Who’s Who at UM

The University of Mississippi selected 200 students to be honored among the 2020-21 class of Who’s Who at the University. The honorees were recognized for their achievements on April 9 at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. The following students were selected for Who’s Who inclusion: Zuri Dixon Omere, of Crystal Springs, and Dearrius Rhymes, of…

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Co-Lin receives landscaping grant

Copiah-Lincoln Community College has received a landscaping grant for tree planting and beautification throughout the campus. The projects include landscaping the entrance of campus, the pedestrian corridor, and creating a fruit tree orchard. The Mississippi Urban Forest Council (MUFC) has partnered with America in Bloom (AIB) and Canadian National Railroad (CN) to bring this project…

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Co-Lin announces 2021-2022 cheerleaders

Copiah-Lincoln Community College cheerleader sponsor Micah Allen has announced cheerleaders for 2021-2022. Cheerleaders include Mary Ellen Brock, Lindsay Norton, Drew Meilstrup, Dustin Prather, Samuel Mabile, Collin Waldrop, William Hodgson, Tate Smith, Quintaye Bates and August Sullivan, all of Brookhaven; Allison Hendry, of Woodville; Abby Graves, of Silver Creek; Alyssa Carraway, of Wesson; Gabriella Hegwood, of…

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WIC food distribution sites closing soon

The Mississippi State Department of Health will be closing all 81 of its Women, Infants and Children food distribution sites throughout the state in the months ahead. Approximately 70 positions will be eliminated. This comes as WIC clients throughout the nation are being transferred to the use of electronic banking and a debit card for…

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Fuller and Mathes display works for Arts Month in Hazlehurst

Two outstanding artists have works displayed in the windows of Pickard Law Firm in downtown Hazlehurst. Joe Baby Fuller’s “5 Lizzies” is a group portrait of five of Fuller’s relatives – his mother, sister, niece, and two great-nieces. He graduated from Hazlehurst High School and attended the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, majoring in…

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